The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-12-15
C0lEsTOCK COMING 10 HIS
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ucIit VI u. ". Ocuuett ~ tl0 penlten-
tiary for publishing q free thought
journal, the ADVANCE has continued
protest against the work Of this bru.
tai wretch, against his bigoted society
aud against the unconstitutional law
under which such imprisonments be-
come possible. We have steadily de.
clared that Comstock must himself
come-to y bad end and be himself i'm
prisoned, il there is any justice on
earth. The suffering. the absolute dis
{ ess and ruin, which this blood hound
Of the church. (this modern TOrque-
mada Of a most infamous inquisition
under y free government has inflicted
upon innocent people. is beyond all es-
innate or statement. A volume could
be filled with the simple enumeration
of his cruelties and of bis accursed per-
secution of free thought publishers and
writer's. -
At present there is a great stir over
some of lis recent outrages, and it
looks as though he was approaching
the end of his Infamous career, and
coming to the punishment which he 80
richly deserves.
The arrest of Messrs kuoeller s. Co.,
New York art dealers. for selling pho.
| tographs of prominent works of art,
has aroused the whole New York
press. the artists aud all the dealers III
pictures, and the press Of the whn.e
country is joining with tie New York
press to call il halt. The New York
World. Times, Sun, Telegram and
others, are talking almost as severely
against this ignorant and brutal blood
hound as the ADVANCE did eight or
ten years ago.
Another outrage has aroused public
indignation. Comstock Il few days
ago actually knocked down and kicked
a sickly little newsboy who was selling
papers containing cuts, of the pictures
sold by Messrs knoedler Il Co. The
n. Y. World reports that when BY
ISLANDERS protested against this outrage
Comstock swore, pranced about like Il
mailman, and used language which
"conid it be reproduced by AT artists
brush, wo"ld make society blush"
The N. Y. Sun says these out,ages
would not have been tolerated in tie
younger days of the republic" And
the ADVANCE has declared that very
thing dozen times in the last few
years. We are glad that leading New
York and other papers are at last wax
ing up to see the infamy of this whole
raid upon free speech, free mails and
even free religion.
Judge John r. Brady, of the Su-
preme Court, when asked his views.
said of the unconstitutional obscene
literature law. which was set as trap
to catch free thought publishers and
writer's:
"Personal'y, feel that it is an ex
treme]y foolish law. and If l had been
a legislator, would never have voted
for it,"
Thousands of foreseeing men declar.
ed the same thing just after the infa-
nous law was smuggled through in the
last hours of the 42d session of Con.
gress, when more than half of the acts
of the session were rushed through
''amid the most disgraceful confusion
and uprcar," as a prominent monthly
says.
The ADVANCE should rejoice. De-
nOuncing the Infamous Comstock and
his prosecutions, has done more than
all else to give us the name of 'crank. -
But, as we have often said, cranks turn
the machinery of the world, and now
the leading journals of America are
becoming craDks.
Comstock and his man-trap law
must 60.
Our weazen-souled neighbor, Miller,
of the Rock County Herald, expresses
some doubt rs to our insanity" in his
last issue. This is a 81 ign of improve
ment. Heretofore he has always ex-
pressed doubts rs to our sanity" We
have always insisted that he would
grow, and he has come right along
from year to year camping on the same
ground where we pitched our tent a
year or two before. But there is dan
ger now that this boy, who is such a
devoted follower of the ADVANCE,
will attempt to pass his master. He is
NAT now in thut ototo ~ ,n;,,l ,x,l,o..
ne is liable any day to have an out
burst Of imbecility and lunacy sur.
passing anything we have yet achieved
u that direction. It's in him He
las developed it by persistent effort, {
md cur anxiety in future will be to
'ut him under proper restraint. =.
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A copy of the Barry (Ih.) Adage is
containing letter from John !!
'ykes, dated Elsinore. Cal. MIR. $.
ellis Of the jam and difficulty of get.
ing through Kansas City, and says: 8
One old stager of drummer that I !
vas hanging on to told me while iu the
am that on q previous OCCASION he had
'een detained three days before his
baggage could be checked.